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Ministry of Defence
Republic Day NCC Parade Contingent Leaves for New Delhi
Kolkata, December 28, 2018.
A strong contingent of 114 NCC Cadets, Officers, associate NCC Officers and Girls Cadet Instructor left for Delhi today from Howrah Station, Duronto Express. Deputy Director General for NCC Directorate West Bengal and Sikkim Brigadier Sisodiya waved the Cadets blessed them ‘Best of Luck’ for the Republic Day competitions to be held at New Delhi.
35 Senior Wing Girls Cadets are participating in this year’s Republic Day Parade representing West Bengal and Sikkim Directorate.
The Cadets will take part in drill, shooting, and cultural show. The best Cadets will be selected from the India competition who in turn will get an opportunity to represent the country under Youth Exchange Programme.
The Cadets were trained for last three months under the leadership of Brig. Arvindam at Kalyani NCC training Academy.
The Cadets will also participate in Prime Minister Rally to be held at New Delhi on 27th January 2019.
Prime Minister's Office
PM acknowledges commitment by G20 countries to urgently accelerate actions to address environmental crises and challenges
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has acknowledged the commitment by G20 countries to urgently accelerate actions to address environmental crises and challenges, including climate change via an article by Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav.
Sharing a post on X by Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav, the Prime Minister said:
“Union Minister for Environment, Shri Bhupender Yadav elaborates that with the Delhi Declaration, the G20 countries have committed to ‘urgently accelerate’ actions to address environmental crises and challenges, including climate change.”
Ministry of Culture
Culture Minister, Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, to inaugurate the exhibition-‘Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe’, tomorrow in New Delhi
Shri Prahalad Singh Patel, Minister of State  of Culture & Tourism, Government of India will inaugurate the exhibition titled "Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe”, at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, tomorrow, 13th of June 2019.
‘Astitva : The essence of Prabhakar Barwe’, is the first of its kind to be held in New Delhi that will present his artistic oeuvre in four distinct phases. The artworks are chronologically orchestrated in each space, each representing a peculiar phase of Barwe's practice. Beginning with Roop Tantra, one encounters Barwe's early works from Sir J.J. School of Art and their transition into Tantric formations. Accompanied with designs made by the artist during his years at the Weavers Service Centre and a few textile works will be displayed, depicting Barwe's engrossment and turn from design into Tantra, and ultimately into his own Swatantra, reflected through his work Ethereal Transitions. Works beginning from 1958 until 1977 form a part of this space.
Exhibition will be open for public until Sunday 28th July, 2019; Tuesday to Friday: 11.00 am to 6.30 pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11.00 am to 8.00 pm; Mondays Closed.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
107.63 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
12,885 new cases in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.23%; Highest since March 2020
15,054 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,37,12,794
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.43%; Lowest since March 2020
India's Active caseload stands at 1,48,579; lowest in 253 days
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 31 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 2% for last 41 days
61.23 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Home Affairs
MHA writes to States to ensure availability of Essential Goods, by invoking provisions of the Essential Commodities  Act 1955, under Lockdown to fight COVID-19
As part of maintaining smooth supply of essential items in the country, Union Home Secretary, Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla has written to all State Chief Secretaries to take urgent steps to ensure availability of essential goods, by invoking provisions of the Essential Commodities  Act 1955. These measures include fixing of stock limits, capping of prices, enhancing production, inspection of accounts of dealers and other such actions.
There have been reports of loss of production due to various factors, especially reduction in labour supply. In this situation, there is a possibility of inventory building/hoarding and black marketing, profiteering, and speculative trading, resulting in price rise of essential goods. The States have been asked to take urgent steps to ensure availability of these commodities at fair prices for public at large.
Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs , with its orders under the Disaster Management Act, has allowed manufacture/production, transport and other related supply-chain activities in respect of essential goods like foodstuff, medicines and medical equipment.
Further, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India, is authorizing States/Union Territories to notify orders under the EC Act, 1955 by relaxing the requirement of prior concurrence of the Central Government up to June 30, 2020.
Offences under EC Act are criminal offences and may result in imprisonment of 7 years or fine or both. State/Union Territory Governments may also consider detention of offenders under the Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of Government Stocks.
The Government of India has announced the Sale  of  “6.84 per cent Government Stock, 2022” for a notified amount of Rs. 3,000 crore  through price based auction,  “7.17 per cent Government Stock, 2028” for a notified amount of Rs. 8,000 crore  through price based auction. Subject to the limit of Rs.
11,000 crore, being total notified amount, Government of India will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs. 1,000 crore each against any one or more of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted using multiple price method. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India , Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on February 02, 2018 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on February 02, 2018. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon.
The result of the auctions will be announced on February 02, 2018  and payment by successful bidders will be on February 05, 2018 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India
 vide Circular No. RBI/2006-07/178 dated November 16, 2006 as amended from time to time.
AYUSH
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of AYUSH are working together with the common goal of preventing disease and promoting health: Union AYUSH minister, Sarbananda Sonowal
Our ancient medical knowledge is more than 5000 years old and people should be made aware of that. It is really commendable the way AYUSH has given service to the masses through its various streams, namely, Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, said Union AYUSH Minister in Pune today, 5th November 2022. He was speaking after visiting the National Institute of Naturopathy in Pune.
Director of the Institute Dr. K. Satyalakshmi gave a presentation on this occasion about the work of the organization. After visiting various departments of the institute, The minister took a overview of the working of the organisation and interacted with some of the patients who had come for treatment. A wreath was laid at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Bapu Bhavan, situated in the premises of the institute.
Minister further said that “credibility and acceptability of Ayurveda products has grown globally. The size of AYUSH product market until 2014 was only 3 billion dollars. Now the AYUSH product market has reached the scale of 18.2 billion dollars. This journey of growth of AYUSH products will continue even in the future.”
Minister expressed confidence that AYUSH will also pave the way for further development of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. He said that “Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of AYUSH are working together with the common goal of preventing disease and promoting health.
Many Assamese people living in Pune met Minister and held discussions on various topics. He also garlanded the photo of famous singer from Assam Bharat Ratna late Bhupen Hazarika. Today is the death anniversary of Hazarika and Sonoval attended various programs organized on this occasion.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 218.77 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- 1,70,034 doses administered in last 24 hours
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 36,126
- Active cases stand at 0.08%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.73%
- 4,301 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,40,32,671
- 3,011 new cases recorded in the last 24 hour
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 89.57 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 1,34,849 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
National Skill Development Corporation to bridge the skill gap
The Government of India had constituted a Committee known as Common Norms Committee  for providing recommendations on cost norms for skill development schemes/programmes implemented by Government of India. Common Norms Committee  for Skill Development Schemes has decided that 1.5% of the average training cost per trainee for 3 months, or 1.5% of the hourly base cost rate  may be allowed as COVID Allowance. The COVID allowance would be funded out of the grants already made available for training.
During the pandemic induced lockdown, the National Skill Development Corporation has promoted online skilling through eSkill India portal. This e-learning aggregator portal offers online skill training on a variety of sectors and modules which included IT, Electronics, Retail, Construction, Automotive, Plumbing, Healthcare, Media, Telecom etc. eSkill India has been instrumental in aggregating digital skilling avenues from the leaders in the field of digital skilling. Almost 17 lakh minutes of e-Content is aggregated and most of the e-courses are free. The enrollment for various e-courses is around 7.5 lakh.This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Raj Kumar Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
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Ministry of Communications
Base Rate of 5G Spectrum
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India , after carrying out consultation with all stakeholders, including Telecom companies, has recommended the reserve prices of spectrum in the various frequency bands. The Government has decided the final reserve price based on these recommendations of TRAI.
Engagement of Indian telecom companies with foreign vendors depends upon their technical needs and business decisions. Next-generation technology development has linkages with previous generation technologies and it is also interplay of diverse systems. Hence, there would be a few dependencies as technology ownership is globally spread. Indigenous companies have demonstrated capabilities with significant indigenization and domestic value addition in 4G and 5G technologies. As the products are being developed using 3GPP and ITU standards, security needs are inherently taken care of. Further to this, trusted source directives are being followed to take care of the security aspects that may arise due to the supply chain.
The 5G trial licenses of telecom operators have been given extension uniformly up to 06-08-2022 or till the date of assignment of the spectrum for commercial use post auction, whichever is earlier. No delay is attributable to the extension of dates for continuation of 5G trials by the telecom operators. Consequent to the acquiring of this spectrum through auctions, the 5G networks will be deployed by the Telecom operators as per their business decisions and following applicable roll out obligations.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Awareness campaign in Tamil Nadu for Siddha Medicine solutions for health promotion and disease prevention
Taking note of the increased concern among the public for maintaining good health and preventing diseases in the pandemic scenario, the Central Council for Research in Siddha , Chennai has come up a series of activities to generate awareness about various health and well-being measures from the Siddha system of medicine. The activities will be carried out mostly in Tamil Nadu, during the months of September, October and November, 2020.
These activities will form part of the country-wide AYUSH for Immunity Campaign launched by the Ministry of AYUSH on 14 August 2020.
The potential of digital platforms will be utilised in the campaign, taking note of the increased activity of the public on social media in the post-lockdown phase. Accordingly, CCRS is launching a poster contest on Facebook, later this month. Contestants will be required to design posters highlighting simple health solutions based on Siddha practices that help to prevent infections and diseases, and post them on the Facebook handle of the Council
Two important Webinarswill be held Live on FaceBook, in the third and fourth weeksrespectively of September 2020. The first Webinar will cater to the public as well as Siddha fraternity, and Dr.V. Vikram Kumar, Assistant Medical Officer  will be the key resource person. The topic will be “Experience sharing of Siddha Covid centre at Tirupathur and role of Siddha in disease prevention”. The second Webinar will be for school teachers and will be held in association with Velammal group of institutions. The key resource person for this will be Dr. G. Sivaraman, Managing Director, Arogya Health Care Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. The topic “Siddha functional foods for prevention of diseases” will be discussed in this Webinar.
As part of this three-month campaign, various promotion material including posters covering simple and every day solutions are being prepared. These will be displayed and distributed across the State by the peripheral institutes and units of CCRS.
A series of awareness lectures in the peripheral institutes and units of CCRS for OPD patients and lectures in Siddha Covid care centres functioning in Tamil Nadu have also been planned.Educational videos, awareness speeches and radio spots through community radio have also been included in the campaign.
This is stated in a press release issued by Shri.P.N. Ranjit Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Conducting the NFHS/Annual Health Surveys
Four rounds of National Family Health Survey  were conducted in rural and urban areas of the country during 1992-93, 1998-99 , 2005-06  and 2015-16 . The Three rounds  of Annual Health Survey  were carried out, through the Office of Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India, in both urban and rural areas of 284 districts of namely Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
The major findings of NFHSs are available at http://rchiips.org/NFHS/index.shtml and of AHSs at http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/AHSurvey.html respectively.
In NFHS-1, Srinagar region of Jammu and Kashmir was not covered due to Law and Order situation and Sikkim was also not covered as basic parameters for sample selection were not available.
NFHS-1, 2, 3 didn’t cover UTs except Delhi because the objective of the survey then was to provide State level estimates.
The Ministry, to meet the requirement of timely and reliable information at National, State and District level had taken a decision to conduct one integrated survey with a periodicity of three years in place of different surveys  being carried out by the Ministry.
Fourth round of National Health Survey  was conducted in 2015-16 as the first integrated survey with the aim to provide estimates of the levels of fertility, infant and child mortality by background characteristics at State/National level and other key family welfare and health indicators at the National, State and District levels.
NFHS-5 has been planned considering NFHS-4 as the benchmark. In NFHS-5, 707 districts including the new 67 districts created upto March, 2017  will be covered, as against 640 districts covered in NFHS-4.
NFHS-5 scope has also expanded by considering target population groups for certain data to align with Sustainable Development Goals , expanded age range will be considered for diabetes, hypertension and also for its risk factors. The NFHS-5 has also been restructured by including inter-alia questions on disability, collection of DBS for carrying out tests for malaria, HbA1c and Vitamin D and Measurement of waist and hip circumference, pre-school education, death registration etc. However, the HIV testing component has been dropped from NFHS-5 with the consent of NACO. Further, urban and rural-estimates at the district level and slum, non-slum estimates will not be provided in NFHS-5.
The Minister of State , Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, here today.
Ministry of Steel
Government’s Efforts to Increase Export of Steel
The Government has taken following measures for increasing investment and export in the Steel sector: -
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- National Steel Policy 2017 which envisages, inter-alia, domestically meeting the entire demand of steel and high-grade automotive steel, electrical steel, special steel and alloys for strategic applications.
- Domestically Manufactured Iron & Steel Products  Policy for promoting procurement of Made in India steel. .
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- ‘Make in India’ initiative and the PM Gati-Shakti National Master Plan, with further engagement with potential users, including from Railways, Defence, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Housing, Civil Aviation, Road Transport and Highways, Agriculture and Rural Development sectors to enhance the steel usage, overall demand for steel and investment in steel sector in the country.
- Adjustments in Basic Custom Duty on steel products and raw materials alongwith calibration of trade remedial measures like Anti-dumping duty , Countervailing duty  on certain steel products to enhance competitiveness of India’s steel sector.
- Participation in events like World Expo, held recently in Dubai, to highlight the expertise of the Steel sector in India and showcase an array of opportunities as well as business potential in India’s steel sector.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Steel, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Funds allocated to Manipur
A Total of Rs.363.14 crore released to Manipur for implementation of projects under various schemes of MDoNER and North Eastern Council
The funds under schemes of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  are not bifurcated into hills and valley areas of any of the North Eastern States including Manipur. A total of Rs.363.14 crore have been released to Manipur for implementation of projects under various schemes of MDoNER and North Eastern Council  of which, Rs.114.99 crore was released in 2020-21; Rs.145.24 crore in 2021-22; Rs.65.18 crore in 2022-23; and Rs.37.73 crore released during 2023-24 .
As on 30th June, 2023, utilization certificates of Rs.4.55 crore are pending under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme; utilization certificates of Rs.54.59 crore are pending under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources-State scheme; utilization certificates of Rs.9.46 crore are pending under the Hill Area Development Programme. Apart from this, utilization certificates of Rs.8.36 crore are pending under schemes of NEC and utilization certificates of Rs.26.15 crore are pending under North East Road Sector Development Scheme , upto 31st March, 2023.
The progress of the projects, including pace of expenditure and utilization of funds, is monitored through regular meeting with the State Governments/Implementing Agencies ; on boarding of IAs on the Central Nodal Agency system and Public Financial Management System for real time transfer of funds to the executing agencies etc.
This information was given by Union Minister for Ministry of Development of North Eastern
Region Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
National Safety Awards -2015 & 2016
Occupational safety, health and welfare of persons employed in all mines - coal, metalliferous and oil - all over the country is the concern of the Central Government. Provisions for occupational safety of persons employed in mines are contained in the Mines Act, 1952, and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder. The responsibility of implementation of the provisions of the Mines Act and the legislation framed thereunder lies with the mine management. The Directorate General of Mines Safety under the Ministry of Labour & Employment oversees compliance of the same through a system of periodic inspection and inquiry. Recognizing the need for involvement of the work persons in safety and health matters, the government has been promoting the concepts of "Self-Regulation" and "Participative Management" with a view to influence human behavior at work so that a real breakthrough in accident prevention could be achieved. A variety of safety educational/ promotional measures have been conceived, formulated and promoted from time to time for the cause of safety. National Safety Awards  Scheme is one such measure. To promote a competitive spirit amongst mine operators for the betterment of safety standards in mines and give due recognition to outstanding safety performance at the national level, the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, instituted the National Safety Awards  in 1983 as the contest year 1983 with 1984 as Award year.
For the purpose of the contest for National Safety Awards  all mines have been divided into 7 different groups depending upon the type of mineral and nature of workings. The indicators of safety performance for determining eligibility of these awards are:
- Longest accident free period  in terms of man shifts workedduring three consecutive years ending with the contest year
- Lowest injury frequency rate  during three consecutive years ending with the contest year
To scrutinize and adjudge applications from mines for awards, a tripartite National Safety Awards Committee has been constituted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The Committee comprises of eight representatives from mine managements, eight representatives from trade unions and Government represented by Director General as Chairman and one officer of DGMS as its.
Member Secretary. In total 19 Winner prizes and 19 Runner-up prizes are awarded for each contest year. The award for each mine is received jointly by one management representative and one workers’ representative.
However, in the context year 2015 one nomination each in the Winner and Runner category and in the context year 2016 one nomination in the runner category, were not found eligible. Accordingly, a total of 37 Winner prizes and 36 Runner-up prizes will be given away by the Hon’ble Vice-President of India on 16th December, 2019 at 1630 - 1730 hours at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Lists of award winning mines for the contest years 2015 & 2016 are attached.